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 106 STAT. 3350 PUBLIC LAW 102-511—OCT. 24, 1992 of Agriculture determines that such country should be eligible to participate in the program established under this section.". (b) INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY RECEIVE FELLOWSHIPS.— Section 1543(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3293(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 'The Secretary may provide fellowships under the program authorized by this section to private agricultural producers from eligible countries.". SEC. 706. PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO EMERGING DEMOCRACIES. Section 1542 of the Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting "direct credits or" before "export credit"' (B) by inserting "201 or" before "202"; and (C) by inserting "or authorized" after "required"; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting "(b) FACILITIES AND SERVICES.— "; (B) by striking "for the establishment or improvement by United States persons of facilities in emerging democracies" and inserting the following: "for— "(1) the establishment or improvement of facilities, or "(2) the provision of services or United States produced goods, in emerging democracies by United States persons"; and (C) by striking the last sentence and inserting the following: "The Commodity Credit Corporation shall give priority under this subsection— (1) to opportunities or projects identified xmder subsection (d)(1); "(2) to projects that encourage the privatization of the agricultural sector or that benefit private farms or cooperatives in emerging democracies; and "(3) to projects for which nongovernmental persons agree to assume a relatively larger share of the costs."; (3) in subsection (d)(l)(B)(i), by inserting ", farmers, other persons from the private sector," after "agricultural consultants"; and (4) by amending subsection (d)(1)(D) to read as follows: "(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is authorized to provide, or pay the necessary costs for, technical assistance to enable individuals or other entities to implement the recommendations or to carry out the opportunities and projects identified under paragraph (1)(A).". SEC. 707. DIRECT CREDIT SALES. (a) REQUIRED DETERMINATIONS. —Section 201(c) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5621(c)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: "The reference in paragraphs (1) and (2) to 'on a long-term basis' shall not apply in the case of determinations with respect to sales to the independent states of the former Soviet Union.". (b) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.— Section 201(d)(1)(C) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5621(d)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows:

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